School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement
Recent evidence indicates that boys and girls are differently affected by the quantity and quality of family inputs received in childhood. We assess whether this is also true for schooling inputs. Using matched Florida birth and school administrative records, we estimate the causal effect of school...
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| author | Autor, David H. Figlio, David Karbownik, Krzysztof Roth, Jeffrey Wasserman, Melanie Sharon |
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| description | Recent evidence indicates that boys and girls are differently affected by the quantity and quality of family inputs received in childhood. We assess whether this is also true for schooling inputs. Using matched Florida birth and school administrative records, we estimate the causal effect of school quality on the gender gap in educational outcomes by contrasting opposite-sex siblings who attend the same sets of schools--thereby purging family heterogeneity--and leveraging within-family variation in school quality arising from family moves. Investigating middle school test scores, absences and suspensions, we find that boys benefit more than girls from cumulative exposure to higher quality schools. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1040712022-09-29T20:42:34Z School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement Autor, David H. Figlio, David Karbownik, Krzysztof Roth, Jeffrey Wasserman, Melanie Sharon Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Autor, David H. Wasserman, Melanie Sharon Recent evidence indicates that boys and girls are differently affected by the quantity and quality of family inputs received in childhood. We assess whether this is also true for schooling inputs. Using matched Florida birth and school administrative records, we estimate the causal effect of school quality on the gender gap in educational outcomes by contrasting opposite-sex siblings who attend the same sets of schools--thereby purging family heterogeneity--and leveraging within-family variation in school quality arising from family moves. Investigating middle school test scores, absences and suspensions, we find that boys benefit more than girls from cumulative exposure to higher quality schools. 2016-08-30T18:48:27Z 2016-08-30T18:48:27Z 2016-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0002-8282 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104071 Autor, David, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, and Melanie Wasserman. “School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement†.” American Economic Review 106, no. 5 (May 2016): 289–295. ©2016 American Economic Association. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-9381 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9853-5908 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161074 American Economic Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association (AEA) American Economic Association |
| spellingShingle | Autor, David H. Figlio, David Karbownik, Krzysztof Roth, Jeffrey Wasserman, Melanie Sharon School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement |
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| title_full | School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement |
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| title_short | School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement |
| title_sort | school quality and the gender gap in educational achievement |
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